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Beautiful Reimagining, blend of myth and romance

The Girl who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh

December 26, 2022 by LB Leave a Comment

The Girl who Fell Beneath the Sea is a book that immediately intrigued me because of the gorgeous cover, and then the synopsis truly dragged me in. Mina lives in a small village by the sea where every year, for the last one hundred years, they’ve sacrificed a bride to the Sea God in the hopes of quelling the storms that have plagued the country since the death of the Emperor. This year the sacrifice is supposed to be Shim Cheong, the beloved of Mina’s […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, Axie Oh, fairy tale reimagining, Korean mythology, myth retelling, retelling, Romance, sacrifice, sea god, shim Cheong, the girl who fell beneath the sea

LB's CBR14 Review No:25 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, Axie Oh, fairy tale reimagining, Korean mythology, myth retelling, retelling, Romance, sacrifice, sea god, shim Cheong, the girl who fell beneath the sea ·
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The Title is a Bit of a Spoiler

Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert

August 17, 2022 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Three things before I get into the review. The term “reverse harem” is racist and I won’t be using it. It’s based on a racist understanding of what a harem actually is. If you have questions, google “harem is racist” and you’ll get better deep dives into Orientalism and hypersexualization than I could possibly give. Court of the Vampire Queen was previously released as three novellas in the Bloodline Vampires series – Sacrifice, Heir, and Queen. There is a lot of blood, drinking blood, and […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: advance reader copy, Bloodline Vampires series, Court of the Vampire Queen, deal with a demon series, Heir, Katee Robert, NetGalley, Queen, sacrifice

Emmalita's CBR14 Review No:87 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: advance reader copy, Bloodline Vampires series, Court of the Vampire Queen, deal with a demon series, Heir, Katee Robert, NetGalley, Queen, sacrifice ·
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Do any men grow up or do they only come of age?

February 19, 2017 by borisanne 3 Comments

I’m taking on “The Dark Tower” series! It starts with The Gunslinger. It was reassuring to read King’s preface to the edition I picked up, in which he describes the creation of the story: he was very young, and he was very green, and it took him a very long time to finish the series. And then, as he finished, he went back and revised for clarity and consistency. I admire this, and appreciate it as a reader, and knowing that he was young and green […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: black, cbr9, desert, drought, evil, good, Gunslinger, King, knights, magic, sacrifice, squires, Stephen King, time travel, western, white

borisanne's CBR9 Review No:3 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: black, cbr9, desert, drought, evil, good, Gunslinger, King, knights, magic, sacrifice, squires, Stephen King, time travel, western, white ·
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Abductions, Dionysian Orgies and Mummified Corpses Oh My!

February 6, 2014 by Valyruh Leave a Comment

  We’re back in Rome, where Detective Nic Costa gets drawn into the case of a missing 16-year-old American girl whose mother insists she was abducted by a mysterious man on a motorcycle in front of a bunch of disinterested Carabinieri. While few at police headquarters take the mother seriously—the girl’s been gone less than a day, after all—Nic suspects that something more is going on. For one thing, the girl is the spitting image of a girl abducted 16 years earlier, whose mummified corpse […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Dionysius, Hewson, mafia, revenge, Rome, sacrifice

Valyruh's CBR6 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Dionysius, Hewson, mafia, revenge, Rome, sacrifice ·
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